The piece featured in this email is special to my heart because it represents Ganesh. Ganesh is my favorite Deity by far.
Read MoreBehind the scenes: creation of Lakshmi - Hindu Goddess of Abundance
Lakshmi is the Hindu Goddess of Abundance. She is one of the three aspects of the Divine Mother, along with Durga and Saraswati. She brings good fortune, wealth and abundance of all good things. This painting accompanied my desire to let more abundance come into my life.
Lakshmi started by me simply picking the Lakshmi card in the oracle deck: "Ascended Master and Archangels" from Doreen Virtue. The next day, I woke up at 6am and started sketching Lakshmi from that card.
A few days later I went back and painted that sketch with watercolor, put it in a frame and put it up in my bedroom.
From there, I knew I had to create a piece on canvas. I was looking for a new job that would bring more passion and better pay, and I was connecting to Lakshmi's energy every day to help me with that. During a meditation session I saw the image of a gold Lakshmi on a purple shiny background.
I create the background then traced her in Gold.
Then finished with some shiny colors: pearl blue, pearl purple and gold (Golden's Interference paints).
Om Jai Maha Lakshmiyai Namaha
Acceptance - acrylic on canvas 12x12"
Acceptance
This new piece is very dear to my heart. It was made as a commission to a friend I never met in person but that has been supporting my art for about a year now, with her sweet words of praise and by purchasing paintings and prints, for herself and her friends.
A couple months ago, she contacted me to ask me to design a painting for her. The only thing she said is that she'd like the word "Acceptance" on it. I meditated on it and tuned into her sweet energy and the image of a delicate open flower came to mind, with the word acceptance in gold, big and bold, superimposed.
That brought back to mind a technique I had used a couple years ago to create the painting "Warrior of Love" (link below to check it out), that is now in another dear friends home. The technique is to use milk (I use almond milk) instead of water to create this effect of colors fusing together in this particular way. It always makes me feel like what happens in your cup of water when you rinse your paintbrush and the color starts to swirl around in the water.
The center of the flower, as well as the flower of life symbols and the "acceptance" are in shiny gold paint, with accents of pearl.
If acceptance resonates with you and is something you are looking to tune into more, I encourage you to consider getting a print (here) and put it up where you can see it every day. As a reminder.
The All is Lost Moment
In all Hollywood movies there is an All is Lost moment, where the Hero is as far away from her goal as she possibly can be. It seems impossible that she will ever accomplished what she set out to do.
Read MoreIntuitive Painting Class!
As you might have seen, last Thursday I facilitated my first Intuitive Painting Class in Denver, CO (see their beautiful faces and paintings!).
Read MoreIntuitive Painting Class in Denver, CO
I'll be hosting an intuitive painting class during Denver Arts Week!
During 2 hours, you'll be guided to go within and create your unique piece of art. I'll share easy tips and technique to put your idea into form and help your unique piece to emerge. Drips, splatters, pours and lettering make it fun and (mostly) effortless.
Denver Arts Week Special Pricing: $20.
You don’t need any previous experience in painting or drawing, anyone can do it! All supplies are included. You go home with your 12x12in painting on canvas. More info and registration at www.ameliehubert.net/class
New State, New Studio, New Start
I have moved to Denver, CO, and new city means new art studio! I found a great little art studio at an art collective called GRACe. Even the name is perfect, as it truly feels like it's divine grace that brought me here.
Read MoreThe Journey to Become an Artist: My Story
My earliest memory is me showing one of my drawing to my mother. She was sitting at the dinner table doing something that was obviously much less important than my latest masterpiece. In my eyes, I had just done a perfect drawing that would get me hired by Disney Studios (the ultimate dream in my kid's mind). I remember my mother being a lot less excited about the drawing than I thought she should be, considering her daughter had an incredible talent.
Read MoreThe Creative Process: You don't need permission
So often in life, especially as a woman, I’ve waited for someone to give me permission. It could be waiting on a spiritual teacher to tell me how to “connect to my divinity”. It could be talking to friends about a project until I have enough people telling me that yes, I should do it. Waiting for an A from my drawing teacher to consider myself an artist.
Read MoreMake your mother smile... even if she's far away
What does your mother love?
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Read MoreThe Spiritual Meaning of Noble Metals
Gold is a bright glittering metal of imperishable nature. It is unattacked by any single acid and is unaffected in its quality by fire. These unusual qualities are its mark of distinction, and we search for them throughout the material realm and in the character of man to find that which is capable of being converted into gold.
Read MoreThe Hardest Part of any Creative Project
Have you ever started a creative project (or a project that involved changing yourself or your life, like learning a new language or get back in shape), and find it increasingly difficult to just do it each day? I bet you told yourself that you didn't have the willpower for it. Or maybe you came up with another reason: it's not the right time, I'm too busy this month, no one is supporting me, etc. I have.
Read MoreArt Makes Us Beautiful
Perhaps the most rewarding thing about what I do is being a witness to people’s reactions to my art. I’m continually astonished by the wisdom and power that comes out of people when they see my art and respond to it. Countless people told me things like: “I saw the same shape while I was meditating! What is it?”
Read MoreMaha Shivaratri Celebration
Every month, the day before the new moon is Shivaratri, a celebration of Lord Shiva. The Shivaratri celebration that is happening in February is of the most significance and is called Maha Shivaratri (= great Shivaratri). Maha Shivaratri happens right before the new moon in February: the darkest night of the darkest month, this year on February 24th.
Read MoreI Am the Light
There is a trap I fell into for many years, and that kept me from creating and from feeling content. The trap is to think that “Being the Light” is anything else than what we are right now.
Read MoreNew Moon Magic
I used to be disconnected with the flow of the moon, just as I was disconnected with the flow of my body. I didn’t know where and how the moon was, and didn’t care. Just like I thought I was supposed to show up and deliver each and every day in the same way, regardless of how my body felt, I used to think that the moon had nothing to do with me. Nothing to teach me. Nothing to remind me.
Read MoreBecoming Minimalist
I know, It's been a little while. I took advantage of this past month to take some time off with my family, rest and get off social media (and by "get off" I mean only checking Facebook 1-2 times a day...progress not perfection).
The Astonishing Story of Ganesh's Head
It’s been an intense week, and today, I want to tell you a story. Because stories inspire, uplift and transport. This story is thousands of years old. It’s the story of one of my favorite beings: Ganesha.
Read MoreMetatron is Awesome
Metatron is this really cool Archangel, and he's said to be the Scribe of God (so he's pretty powerful, you see). He is a teacher of Esoteric knowledge and uses Sacred Geometry to clear energies and heal. He used to be a human, who lived such an extraordinary life that he ascended to archangeldom.
Read MoreWhat We Do Matters
If my inner standard is that “enough” is about a 7 on the enough scale (yes, there is such a thing). Then believing I am enough would be changing my belief from I’m a 5 to I’m a 7. Like that, just because Facebook meme said so. It’s called “raising your self-confidence” or something.
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